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Sunday, May 25, 2008

First time...

Yikes,And to think it wasn't that long ago that I didn't even want a computer.Now I'm posting my thoughts so that all the world can see.

This Blog - as they call it - will start out as my attempt to record my weekly rides on my bike.It may end up as that also. However, I have no idea how long I will write here, or if I will stay on subject.

It is late tonight, actually midnight as I type this sentence - OK 12:01 now.So... I will write about Saturday's ride some other time, as I need to go to bed to be ready for tomorrow's ride at 7:00 am. I hope to get a half hour of jogging in first which means being at the trail at 6:30, and out of the house at 6:10.

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My buddy (2nd best friend) Jeremy and I before riding Boggs Mtn.

Swintonism - defined

A Swintonism is the unintended use of Metaphor, Cliche, or other figure of speech in casual conversation, directly, and ironically coinciding with an immediately previous line of conversation or event. (This is not a pun, as puns are intentionally contrived for the humor of the listener. Per the definition, the Swintonism is unintentional)

Recent Swintonisms

---- Following is the response from my business partner after viewing the Death Ride website. "Sounds like a killer ride." Hmmm? Seemed a little obvious, but he claims it was a legit Swintonism.

---- In discussing the cost benefit of renting vs. buying another power washer, an employee stated that the benefit was on the side of purchasing, since the cost even on the first project "would be a wash." He would have liked to take credit for the pun - but we wouldn't let him. A Swintonism it was.

---- Via text message - "Vince bailed out." This was my report to another rider that Vince had decided not to ride because of torrential rains. I did not realize the play on words till it was already out.

---- In an email from a co-hiker, recapping her account of the roadside fire, witnessed by us one evening after hiking / jogging in Briones. (Which also had a significant role in my 5 week bout with Poison Oak) "I'm warming up to the night hiking"